st: Re: how to quietly svmat?

Sorry; I had a nagging thought that this name may have been used, but
did not check it out. Nick is quite right that more care should be
taken to avoid stomping on existing names. (I was quite annoyed when
the name of my -xttest1- routine, which had been circulating via SSC
for a while, was usurped by a Stata Journal article!) For all 'svmat2'
below read 'svmat22'.

I agree strongly with Kit's approach here. It's been several years
since

I reached for -svmat-.
However, Kit just plucked a program name out of the air, and

understandably forgot that the name -svmat2- was also used a while
back
for a program in this territory which is not yet completely
superseded.

. search svmat2, historical

gives the details. StataCorp's implication in its .key file coding
that
-svmat2- is of historical interest only is not quite correct.
Questions
to which "use -svmat2-" is the answer still arise about once per
year on